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From Claire to Here
With her wild red hair, hippy clothes and High Nelly bicycle, Claire is known as a loveable eccentric. Neighbours and friends in her Cork suburb regard her as 'colourful' and 'interesting', avoiding words like 'downright odd'. After all, with her lovely home, charming husband and cute little daughter, Lizzie, she must be happy, mustn’t she?
But Claire feels a fraud. The illusion of suburban bliss is just that - an illusion. And one that papers over the cracks of the past. Fifteen years before, she had been a carefree student backpacking around the Greek islands, looking for no more than the hottest clubs and a bit of romance. But something changed that, shattering her innocence forever. Now all those years later, the dreams have returned, and Claire finds she has to go back to Mykonos to lay the ghosts of the past to rest - even if that means sacrificing her marriage.

There, it will take the warmth of the sun, the easy pace of life and the love of a wonderful man to help her.

Sorry, Walter
Cork school teacher Maeve is stuck in a rut. When she's not trying to keep six-year-olds from killing each other, her colleagues are boring her with tales of domestic bliss and the finer points of football. To top that, the only thing getting Maeve's love and attention is her slug-infested garden…
All washed up at the tender age of thirty-four? Not our Maeve. Taking a giant leap of faith, she leaves her yellow wellies behind and heads across the pond to Canada. Under the clear blue skies of Vancouver she realises what it's like to live a little on the wild side. There's the edible Wes, with his blond hair, tanned body and smile that could launch a thousand toothpaste commercials. And then there's somebody else…



Reviews

From Claire to Here

'brisk and self-assured from start to finish.  While the storyline is pure romance, the writing is sharp as lemons and you can't help but like the scatty but heartsick Claire... a fun book that demands to be finished at one sitting.'
The Irish Times

'Imagine a much younger, Irish, Shirley Valentine, with all the attendant humour and poignancy, and you've got the gist of FROM CLAIRE TO HERE... atmosphere is well conveyed, and the refreshingly light touch makes it an easy read.  Judi Curtin... is sure to have an avid following with this, and, no doubt, subsequent books.
Irish Examiner

'extremely good'
Evening Herald

'Judi Curtin captures motherhood in its full glory and recaptures the heady days many of us will remember from trips to the Greek islands in the '60s and '70s.  She cleverly uses a dark episode in Claire's past life to build a fantastic adventure that is both tragic and witty.  A skilled writer with a big future.'
The Irish Independent

'an excellent story written with wit and warmth which ... will appeal to the rebel streak in us all.'
Bray People

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Sorry, Walter

'Your beach reading sorted ... what more could a girl ask for on holidays?'
Irish Sunday Independent

'Written with brio. The sardonic Maeve is an endearingly contrary creation'
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‘one of the best of the Irish bunch……….a lot funnier and better written than some of its contemporaries.’
Sunday Tribune.